The CTOvision.com assessment of the Oracle Acquisition of Sun: This is positive for the enterprise IT across the board, but the biggest determinate of what it means for your enterprise is what decisions you make now. If you are an enterprise CTO, the ball is in your court. The following provides a bit more context. First, some opinions/assessments: 1) The joining of Oracle and Sun will deliver what they are promising. 2) The open source software … [Read more...]
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Larry Ellison on the Sun-Oracle Close, January 27, 2010
February 6, 2010 By BobGourley
The clip below is Larry Ellison giving some context on the Oracle Acquisition of Sun. His mantra: complete, integrated, focused on business value for customers. I have more context and opinions coming in a follow-on post. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO Tagged With: Cloud Computing, CTO, Great CTOs, Oracle, Sun
Recommendation for all enterprise techies: Download Win7 now
January 4, 2010 By BobGourley
Windows 7 is really different. It has more functionality, a better interface, and, if you keep it configured/managed, much better security than previous Microsoft operating systems. Here is another fact about Windows 7: It is coming to your enterprise, sooner or later. And, since its functionality/features/security are an improvement over XP and older systems and since many of the issues with Vista seem to have been addressed, I think we should be … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO, Gov2.0 Tagged With: Linux, microsoft, Open Solaris, operating system, Sun, Tech/Internet, Windows
Seven Technology Predictions for 2010
December 31, 2009 By RyanKamauff
2010 will undoubtedly be a year of technology. In 2009, Twitter revolutionized the way we get news, it brought us closer to those who were a part of the news, almost making traditional media irrelevant. I don't know who (or what) will be the Twitter of 2010, but below are a few predictions for the coming year. Google's Chrome Netbook OS will be a hit. Their OS will mostly be dependent on a Google Account. A Google Account opens up their full Google … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO Tagged With: 3G, Amazon, Android, Cell Phone, Google, Linux, Netbooks, operating system, Sun, Tablet PC, Tech/Internet, vmware, Windows
Open Source Software: More reasons it is more secure
August 15, 2009 By BobGourley
Software designed by open source standards has security built in and has been found to be fielded with far fewer faults per unit of code than proprietary development houses. There are many reasons for this. This factor is especially true when the open source code is commercially supported. For example, Linux, which has the strength of a huge open community and also the strength of thousands of paid developers from great companies like IBM, Oracle, … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Gov2.0, Open Source Tagged With: cio, CTO, IBM, Linux, microsoft, Open Source Software, Oracle, Software, Sun, Tech/Internet, YouTube
NVIDIA’s Tegra – HD Video in your Hand
July 8, 2009 By RyanKamauff
Today, we are experiencing a digital revolution, you can take with you (and make calls with via the iPhone) all the media you desire in your life. Yet, it is still stuck in that woefully inadequate 360p, or 480p (less than standard definition!). For all you HD snobs out there (myself included), NVIDIA's Tegra processor is the answer. Tegra! NVIDIA's newest foray comes in four flavors; there are currently 2 offerings in the APX line dedicated to PMPs … [Read more...]
OpenSolaris for the Small Office / Home Office
June 23, 2009 By BobGourley
My primary computer for my small business/home office is now running OpenSolaris. I made the switch for several reasons. One is that I am a computer science professional and a person familiar with cyber security threats and I have lots of concerns over the state of security of traditional OSs . Another reason is cost. Another reason was an assessment of what I need in a computer . I have to admit, part of the reason was for fun … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO, Cyber Security, Open Source Tagged With: Linux, Mac, microsoft, Open Solaris, Open Source Software, Sun, Sun Ray, Tech/Internet
What CTOs should know about Adobe
May 4, 2009 By BobGourley
What do you think of when you hear the word Adobe? Many folks immediately think of the open standard Portable Document Format (PDF) that was created by Adobe Systems for document exchange. PDFs are everywhere and so is Adobe's free PDF readers, so it is commonly the first thing that comes to mind. But things have been changing fast in that company and the dramatic changes they kicked off in the digital publishing world in the 1990's are being … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO Tagged With: Adobe, collaboration, Disruptive IT, endeca, Enterprise, Internet, operating system, Oracle, Sun, Tech/Internet, vmware
Intel’s Next Generation Chip Architecture
April 24, 2009 By BobGourley
On 21 April 2009 Intel corporation held an “Intelligent Processors” event which highlighted Intel’s next generation chip architecture and the industry leading companies who are incorporating this technology into their products. The event, pulled together by Nigel Ballard of Intel, included demos by companies like Endeca, Cisco, Cray, Dell, HP, Oracle, VMware, Microsoft and Sun. Nineteen hardware partners showed off Xeon 5500-based server … [Read more...]
What does the Oracle-Sun news mean for enterprise CTOs?
April 22, 2009 By BobGourley
OK, sometimes I get emotionally attached to great technology. I need to watch that, I know humans are what is important. But science is cool too, and it gets really really exciting to watch great humans create and field great technologies. That is why I have long been a fan of both Oracle and Sun. I like many other powerhouse IT companies as well... but those are the two names dominating this week's news and it has been the topic of dozens of … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Cloud Computing, CTO, Open Source Tagged With: CTO, cyber, Disruptive IT, Enterprise, Identity Management, M&A, MySQL, Open Solaris, Open Source Software, operating system, Oracle, Sun, Tech/Internet, technology